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Dun Ach' Na H-atha
Dun (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Dun Ach' Na H-atha
Classification Dun (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) South Muasdale
Canmore ID 38442
Site Number NR63NE 17
NGR NR 67384 38679
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/38442
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Killean And Kilchenzie
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR63NE 17 67834 38679
(NR 6738 3866) Dun Ach' na h-Atha (Fort) (NR)
OS 6" map (1924)
Dun, Dun Ach'na h-Atha. This dun is situated on the brink of a cliff overlooking the S end of the Muasdale machair from a height of 30m OD. It appears to have been oval on plan and to have measured about 15m by 13.5m internally, but stone-robbing has reduced the wall to a thick band of rubble which is spread to a width of 6m. A considerable stretch of the outer face of the wall, for which large boulders are employed, protrudes through the debris on the S; for the most part only the lowest course survives, but in a few places the wall stands to a height of 1.1m in three courses. The entrance, which faces E, is 0.9m in width. The outer corner-stone on the S side of the passageway is still in situ,and a single facing-stone is visible on the N side.
RCAHMS 1971, visited 1960.
Dun ach' na h-Atha (name verified) is as described and planned by RCAHMS.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (JB), 22 November 1977.
Field Visit (10 June 1943)
This site was included within the RCAHMS Emergency Survey (1942-3), an unpublished rescue project. Site descriptions, organised by county, vary from short notes to lengthy and full descriptions and are available to view online with contemporary sketches and photographs. The original typescripts, manuscripts, notebooks and photographs can also be consulted in the RCAHMS Search Room.
Information from RCAHMS (GFG) 10 December 2014.
